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feet high, with a beautiful taper, of a bright afh cftf-* 
lour, until within fix or feven feet of the top, where 
it is a fine green colour, crowned with an orb of 
rich green plumed leaves : I have meafured the flem 
of thefe plumes fifteen feet in length, befides the 
plume, which is nearly of the fame length. , 
The little lake, which is an expanfion of the ri- 
ver, now appeared in view ; on the eafl fide are ex- 
tenfive marines, and on the other, high forefts and 
orange groves, and then a bay, lined with vaft cy- 
prefs fwamps, both coafts gradually approaching 
each other, to the opening of the river again, which 
is in this place about three hundred yards wide. Even- 
ing now drawing on, I was anxious to reach fome 
high bank of the river, where I intended to lodge ; 
and agreeably to my wifhes, I foon after discovered 
on the welt more a little promontory, at the turning 
of the river, contracting it here to about one hun- 
dred and fifty yards in width. This promontory is 
a peninfula, containing about three acres of high 
ground, and is one entire orange grove, with a few 
live oaks, magnolias and palms. Upon doubling 
the point, 1 arrived at the landing, which is a cir- 
cular harbour, at the foot of the blufT, the top of 
which is about twelve feet high ; the back of it is 
a large cyprefs fwamp, that fpreads each way, the 
right wing forming the weft coalt of the little lake, 
and the left ftretching up the river many miles, and , 
encompaffing a vaft fpace of low graffy marfhes. 
From this promontory, looking eaftward acrofs the 
river, I beheld a landfcape of low country, unpar- 
ralleled as I think ; on the left is the eafl coafl of the 
little lake, which I had jufl pafTed ; and from the 
orange bluff at the lower end, the high forefts begin, 
and increafe in breadth from the fhore of the lake, 
making 
